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==History== | ==History== | ||
The Hidden Treasure Mine is owned by a family in Utah County, and has a chain and lock on the upper entrance, preventing any access to inside the mine. The main | The Hidden Treasure Mine is owned by a family in Utah County, and has a chain and lock on the upper entrance, preventing any access to inside the mine. The main adit has been plugged by cement to hold people out. There are several ways into the Hidden Treasure from far below, in the old semi-ghosttown of [[Ophir]], and via the upper Ophir mine, The Buckhorn Mine (a cave in is preventing current access into the hidden treasure via this route, and would requite digging out) The entire mountain range is interconnected via the tunnels of the Hidden Treasure, Ophir Hill, and Buckhorn mines. Many artifacts still remain, and much is yet to be discovered within. | ||
[[Image:hiddent2.jpg|thumb|Sweating Dynamite inside storage room]] | [[Image:hiddent2.jpg|thumb|Sweating Dynamite inside storage room]] | ||
==Lost Scout== | ==Lost Scout== | ||
September 22, 1989, Joshua Dennis, a 10-year old Blazer Scout, explored the mine with his scout troop. He was not given his own light to explore with, and while returning to the exit, some 2000' feet from the portal, became separated from his father, Terry, when he left Joshua to take another scout out of the mine. Finding himself alone, he sat a ledge and remained on there for four days. Search and Rescue teams searched for those four days and were not able to locate Joshua, who refused to answer the calls of the Search and Rescue team. S and R and the DOGM refused to allow anybody to help search for the boy outside their "professional" team. On the start of the fifth day, the mine owner, who tried back entrances to the mine, was allowed entrance and came out with the boy, alive, within 20 minutes of entering. | September 22, 1989, Joshua Dennis, a 10-year old Blazer Scout, explored the mine with his scout troop. He was not given his own light to explore with, and while returning to the exit, some 2000' feet from the portal, became separated from his father, Terry, when he left Joshua to take another scout out of the mine. Finding himself alone, he sat a ledge and remained on there for four days. Search and Rescue teams searched for those four days and were not able to locate Joshua, who refused to answer the calls of the Search and Rescue team. S and R and the DOGM refused to allow anybody to help search for the boy outside their "professional" team. On the start of the fifth day, the mine owner, who tried back entrances to the mine, was allowed entrance and came out with the boy, alive, within 20 minutes of entering. | ||
Revision as of 15:28, 28 July 2008
In 1865, the Hidden Treasure Mine was opened and the mining camp of Jacob City was established. It produced more profit than any other mine in town. For more than a century, the Hidden Treasure Mine in Tooele County, Utah, was the source of legends and dreams as it yielded silver, gold, and lead worth millions of dollars. It's 21 miles of tunnels, caves, and faults, were of great profit to miners, and a great adventure to those who explored through the veins of the Oquirr Mountains.
History
The Hidden Treasure Mine is owned by a family in Utah County, and has a chain and lock on the upper entrance, preventing any access to inside the mine. The main adit has been plugged by cement to hold people out. There are several ways into the Hidden Treasure from far below, in the old semi-ghosttown of Ophir, and via the upper Ophir mine, The Buckhorn Mine (a cave in is preventing current access into the hidden treasure via this route, and would requite digging out) The entire mountain range is interconnected via the tunnels of the Hidden Treasure, Ophir Hill, and Buckhorn mines. Many artifacts still remain, and much is yet to be discovered within.
Lost Scout
September 22, 1989, Joshua Dennis, a 10-year old Blazer Scout, explored the mine with his scout troop. He was not given his own light to explore with, and while returning to the exit, some 2000' feet from the portal, became separated from his father, Terry, when he left Joshua to take another scout out of the mine. Finding himself alone, he sat a ledge and remained on there for four days. Search and Rescue teams searched for those four days and were not able to locate Joshua, who refused to answer the calls of the Search and Rescue team. S and R and the DOGM refused to allow anybody to help search for the boy outside their "professional" team. On the start of the fifth day, the mine owner, who tried back entrances to the mine, was allowed entrance and came out with the boy, alive, within 20 minutes of entering.
In 1996, a road was plowed from Stockton to Jacob City to allow for drilling rigs to gain access to the area. Since this time, the area often sees several visitors a day through the summer months. The main entrance to the Hidden Treasure Mine has been dug out several times, and each time, refilled and cemented. It is only a matter of time, and somebody with the equipment, that somebody will re-open the entrance for those who explore it once more.
Had his father not been irresponsible with his son, the mine would still be open to this day. Shortly after, the DOGM tore down all the remaining buildings, structures, and remaining history of the area, including a saloon, a boarding house, and s hotel.
Location
40.388074° -112.271932°
